# one more Billy Jack thread and I will stop **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 23, 2016, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-more-billy-jack-thread-and-i-will-stop/743943 "2016-01-23T05:09:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-more-billy-jack-thread-and-i-will-stop/743943/1 "2016-01-23T05:09:59Z")
This is the third weekend in a row that the Sony Movie Channel has been playing out the Billy Jack saga. The third, and undoubtedly the worst of this movie series is Billy Jack Goes to Washington. It was so bad that you probably have never seen it. The theatrical release was limited to one sneak revue in LA and one here in my home town! From the IMDB trivia section: > [@](#): > > his picture never had a regular theatrical run. The showing on 16 April 1977 in Los Angeles was a sneak preview, and another sneak was held the next night on 17 April 1977 at the \*\*Admiral Theatre in Omaha, Nebraska. \*\*The North Central Edition of Boxoffice Magazine, dated 2 May 1977 had an article about the Omaha showing. ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-more-billy-jack-thread-and-i-will-stop/743943/2 "2016-01-23T09:38:22Z")
That’s pretty cool! Why Omaha? Is it a usual movie test market? I liked “The Born Losers” and “Billy Jack” but I haven’t seen the others. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-more-billy-jack-thread-and-i-will-stop/743943/3 "2016-01-23T14:34:19Z")
AS far as I know, Omaha is not really a test market. The Spencer Tracy movie, “Boys Town” was filmed here and we had the premiere. The Admiral Theater is gone, but it was the venue for the midnight movies that did not do well in the mainstream. It was the long time site for Rocky Horror. We also saw Phantom of the Paradise, 2000 Motels, Zachariah, Steelyard Blues and other rather off beat movies there. It closed years ago and stood empty for a while. It was torn down and now there is a dialysis clinic on that corner. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2016, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-more-billy-jack-thread-and-i-will-stop/743943/4 "2016-01-24T20:05:11Z")
I saw Billy…Washington a while back on TV. I don’t remember which channel, but I liked the way Lucie Arnaz looked in it. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2016, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-more-billy-jack-thread-and-i-will-stop/743943/5 "2016-01-25T14:38:32Z")
In case no one has seen these, there is a website called “Jabootu” that does long reviews/analysis of bad movies. [Billy Jack GTW](http://www.jabootu.com/bjw.htm) I can’t say it’s gutbustingly funny, but it is interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2016, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-more-billy-jack-thread-and-i-will-stop/743943/6 "2016-01-25T14:57:38Z")
_The Trial of Billy Jack_ is one of my favorite Bad Movies of all time. Is _Billy Jack Goes to Washington_ available on Netflix? My wife and I haven’t had a Bad Movie Night in a while. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2016, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-more-billy-jack-thread-and-i-will-stop/743943/7 "2016-01-25T15:36:54Z")
Laughlin promoted his movies by renting the entire theater and taking all the ticket sales himself. So any test market would be a theater that he could rent cheap. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2016, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-more-billy-jack-thread-and-i-will-stop/743943/8 "2016-01-25T22:27:30Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Laughlin promoted his movies by renting the entire theater and taking all the ticket sales himself. So any test market would be a theater that he could rent cheap. which explains why the sneak was in a cheap neighborhood theater in Omaha Ne.